{"title":"[Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy: technique and results].","authors":"M McMasters, J Messerli, M Wolfensberger","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy has recently become an important alternative to the classical external Toti procedure.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyse the outcome after endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For this purpose 28 of 34 patients treated by endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy between May 1994 and November 1998 were investigated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After an average follow-up of 28 months, 23 of the 28 patients (82%) are free of symptoms. Two additional patients became symptom-free after revision surgery. The total success rate is 89%. The only complications seen were 2 cases of asymptomatic synechiae and one case of mild hyposmia.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy is a rapid, safe, and elegant method for the treatment of post-saccal nasolacrimal duct obstructions.</p>","PeriodicalId":76532,"journal":{"name":"Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","volume":"116 ","pages":"74S-76S"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy has recently become an important alternative to the classical external Toti procedure.
Objective: To analyse the outcome after endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy.
Methods: For this purpose 28 of 34 patients treated by endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy between May 1994 and November 1998 were investigated.
Results: After an average follow-up of 28 months, 23 of the 28 patients (82%) are free of symptoms. Two additional patients became symptom-free after revision surgery. The total success rate is 89%. The only complications seen were 2 cases of asymptomatic synechiae and one case of mild hyposmia.
Conclusions: Endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy is a rapid, safe, and elegant method for the treatment of post-saccal nasolacrimal duct obstructions.
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